L'Espoir de Shelna
Publicly funded institution · Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec · BN 873114565RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,023,055) as filed with the CRA.
L'Espoir de Shelna is a charitable organization based in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $821K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
L'espoir de shelna a comme mission en centre de jeux service de présence-surveillance 9 lits en ressarce intermédiaire 1 lit de cuise 1 lit de répit et 3 lits privés nous offrons nos services aux personnes adultes présentant une déficience intellectuelle/physiqe un trouble du spectre de l'autisme un problème de santé mentale ainsi que des personnes vivant une situation de crise psychosociale. Service d'hébergement autres clientèles recevant des soins au cisss. (gite et couvert).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1M | $891K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $904K | $763K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $875K | $726K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $774K | $725K | $618K | — | — | $905K |
| 2020 | $821K | $787K | $696K | — | — | $819K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$772K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Boucher (présidente); Paul Barriault (vice-président); Suzanne Thériault (secrétaire/trésorier); Marie-Thérèse Blaney (administratrice); Chantal Patoine (directrice générale); Isabelle Masse (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Espoir de Shelna’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873114565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.